A group of assorted hair accessories


Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), or Showa era (1926-1989), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising five kanzashi (hair pins), five kogai (hair pins), and 20 kushi (hair combs) of various materials including tortoisheshell, lacquer, wood and silvered metal; three kushi of tsukigata form, five of kyogata form, two of kyomarugata, seven of Rikyugata form, one of scalloped tabogata form, and two of ohatsugata form; one tortoiseshell kogai and black-lacquer kyogata kushi a pair, similarly decorated with gold and silver takamaki-e and inlaid with inlaid with mother-of-pearl depicting a field full of flowers and grasses under a full moon, both signed Shosai; a kogai and tsukigata kushi pair of tortoiseshell, similarly decorated with gold and coloured takamaki-e depicting a bouquet of flowers and ribbons with confetti-like petals, both signed Shoko; a kogai and Rikyugata kushi pair of tortoiseshell covered in gold lacquer and some togidashi maki-e, similarly decorated with gold takamaki-e and kirikane depicting vegetal motifs, both signed Komin; one Rikyugata kushi inscribed Nikko urami no taki depicting a landscape scene with a waterfall on the reverse; two kogai signed Shomin and Korin and six kushi signed respectively Koshin, Ryukoku with a kao, Eiichi, Keisho, Horai and Mitsumasa; the majority embellished with different designs, mainly floral and vegetal motifs, scenes of animals and decorative patterns and motifs; some decorated in gold takamaki-e, kirikane, or inlaid with mother-of-pearl. (30).